Challenges of medical student underperformance
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Challenges of medical student underperformance
W e read the article by Stratton and Elam (1) with interest and believe that it raises some important points in relation to the performance of medical students. The article concluded that a number of factors, including a lower undergraduate science grade point average entering medical school via an accelerated BS/MD track and being over the age of 31, were associated with first-year academic un...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Education Online
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1087-2981
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v19.26041